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AFRICA: Less Funds will Cause Unnecessary AIDS Deaths
- Inter Press Service
Backtracking by international donors in funding the fight against HIV/AIDS risks widening the treatment gap in Africa, undermining years of positive achievements in the field, warns a new Medecins Sans Frontieres report. And many more unnecessary HIV-related deaths will be caused by these shifts in international donor funding
ASIA: Green Revolution Has Little to Offer New Hungry Mouths
- Inter Press Service
As it took root in the rice fields across Asia, it was hailed as the solution to the hunger afflicting millions of people in the region. But four decades on, the much vaunted Green Revolution appears to have reached its limits, unable to meet new demands, to feed new mouths.
MEXICO: Civil Society Divided Ahead of Climate Summit
- Inter Press Service
With less than six months before Mexico hosts the next global climate change summit, Mexican environmental organisations hosting the parallel civil society forum are divided on how to carry it out -- which some fear could ultimately weaken their role at the negotiating table.
POLITICS: China-Burma Talks a Step Forward in Thawing Relations
- Inter Press Service
Relations between China and Burma have been shaky of late — due in large part to border skirmishes in Burma that have frustrated Beijing. But one would not know it from Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s state visit, which ended today.
TRADE: Resistance Persists Against Early Harvest in Doha Round
- Inter Press Service
Although the issue of an early harvest for least developed countries (LDCs) has been raised time and again, there remains 'a certain reluctance' to prioritise it in the World Trade Organisation’s Doha Round of trade talks, according to South African trade minister Dr Rob Davies.
BAHRAIN: Passport Confiscation Still Hounds Migrant Workers
- Inter Press Service
When Abdulkhaliq Mohammed arrived in Bahrain as a contract labourer 20 years ago, the first thing he did on setting foot in the oil-rich Gulf state was to hand his passport over to his employer.
Q&A: 'Bluewashing Has Become a Very Risky Business'
- Inter Press Service
The Global Compact (GC), which celebrates its 10th anniversary with a summit meeting later this month, has been described as a key initiative of the United Nations to prod private companies and blue-chip corporations to pro-actively address environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues relating to the workplace.
Money Begets Environmental Evils, Study Finds
- Inter Press Service
Rising global wealth spells disaster for the planet, with environmental impacts growing roughly 80 percent with a doubling of income, reports the first comprehensive study of consumption.
THAILAND: A Year Later, Laid-off Women Set Up Their Own Factory
- Inter Press Service
They were about 1,000 when they began, but that number quickly dwindled to some 400. Now the women working at Try Arm are down to 30, yet those running the cooperative that makes women’s undergarments are determined to succeed.
Corporate Greenwash at EU Environment Meet?
- Inter Press Service
Coca-Cola, recently indicted for causing serious damage to water and soil in India, might seem like an odd champion of environmental protection.
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